Betekenis van keen In het Nederlands

• 0 very interested, eager, or wanting (to do) something very much:

  • They were very keen to start work as soon as possible.

  • Joan wanted to go to a movie but I wasn't keen (= I didn't want to go).

  • She's a keen tennis player.

  • She's keen on (playing) tennis.

  • UK My son's mad keen on cycling.

  • He's rather keen on a girl in his school (= he is very attracted to her).

• 1 extreme or very strong:

  • Many people are taking a keen interest (= a very great interest) in the result of the vote.

  • a keen sense of smell

  • a keen north wind

• 2 very sharp:

  • a keen knife/blade

• 3 to make a loud, long, sad sound, especially because someone has died

• 4 (esp. of emotions and beliefs) strongly felt:

  • a keen interest in painting

• 5 (of an awareness or ability) very developed, or (of the mind) very quick to understand:

  • a keen eye for detail

  • a keen sense of smell

• 6 eager, interested, and enthusiastic:

  • Theresa isn’t too keen on pets.

• 7 if competition between people or businesses is keen, they are using a lot of effort to be more successful than the others:

  • Some firms are diversifying their businesses in response to keen competition.

• 8 if prices are keen, they are lower and offer more value than others:

  • Superstores may offer keen prices that small-town shops cannot match.

• 9 very interested in something or eager to do something:

  • A keen member of two local investment clubs, he runs portfolios of shares for both himself and his wife.

  • a keen interest in sth Among the foundation's donors are corporations with a keen interest in issues before the legislature.

  • keen on sth Like every banker these days, he is keen on managing other people's wealth.

  • keen to do sth The company is keen to expand beyond the UK.